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Tuesday, April 18, 1978
University Daily Kansan
Relays sites readied
By RODNEY ANDERSON
Sports Writer
One of the University of Kansas' spring events has moved to four new additions.
The Kansas Relays, the Midwest's finest track and field spectacle, will be held away from KU's Memorial Stadium for the first time in the $33-year-old history of the event. This year it will be called the Kansas-Oklahoma Relays.
THE MEET WILL return to Lawrence
next spring, according to KU men's track
survey.
Timmons said he was disappointed that the Relays could not be held in Lawrence but the long-term benefits of the stadium renovation softened the blow.
"Everyone will benefit," Timmons said. "We'll get a new dressing room, a new training room and a new weight room. These are things we've badly needed."
Because of the hazard to spectators caused by the stadium's condition, KU Athletic Director Clude Walker decided to cancel the Relays last December.
"It is vital that the Kansas Relays be continued," Timmons said. "There's a tradition of many years that we didn't want to break. We were afraid that if we didn't hold the meet somehow, we might not ever get it back together again."
TIMMONS CREDIFIED Emperia State University track coach Phil Delavan with initiating the drive to continue the Relays. Delavan has promised to hold a selection of the Relays.
Emperor State will host the college division for men and the university, college and junior college divisions for women on Friday and Saturday.
Men's university and open divisions will be held on the Sooners' John Jacobs Field. The top eight school relays teams from Oklahoma will also display their talents.
*surun has received entries from 21 universities and several individuals who were named as surun*.
Two divisions of competition will be held in Lawrence
THE JUNIOR college division for men will be held at Haskell Indian Junior College on Saturday under Jerry Tuckwin, meet director.
The marathon race also will be held in Lawrence and will begin at 7 a.m. Saturday in Memorial Stadium. Timmons said no sprinters would be allowed inside the stadium.
The high school divisions for boys and girls will be held Friday and Saturday at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, 7235 Antoin Dr., Shawnee Mission. In the past, high school girls competed with college and university division women.
Tumors said that some of the meet sites lacked proper equipment and locker rooms. "NO ONE CAN go out and buy a lot of devices. We have to deal with them."
He said a problem at the Norman site would be the short rest time that athletes would get between events. Martin has eased this situation by adding some events—the high school relays events and the masters events.
Thimnos said the meet was well planned, but said that the longest forgotten detail was the story of the hero.
"SOMETIMES THE most insignificant things in the world can mess you up," he said. "At the Kansas Relays, we once ran a world record in the 100-yard dash and as it turned out, the distance was only about 85 or 90 yards."
Timmons said he was not overly upset about having to relocate the Ralies and the Lakes
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